The 24 hour Le Mans race may be one of the best known races in the world, although it’s definitely not one of the most environmentally friendly. We’re excited to see GreenGT upping the ante by developing a svelte green supercar to compete in the 2011 race.

The car was designed by five students from the CCi du Valenciennois school. It will feature a fiberglass body on a carbon-fiber monocoque chassis. The vehicle’s twin 100-kw electric motors will provide around 350 to 400hp of power that will push the vehicle from 0-60mph in around 4 seconds. GreenGT’s head engineer Christophe Schwartz has stated that “The GreenGT Twenty-4 design study could become our 2011 Le Mans Prototype electric racer or it could even become an electric road going supercar. There is a possibility to do both!”

Will it be enough to win the famous Le Mans race? It’s too early to tell, since it’s not just the vehicle that matters – it truly is about the drivers. Will it be one smoking-hot electric racer? Absolutely.

This article is clearly fictitious. First of all 2 X 100kW only equals about 268hp not 400hp. Secondly how do they plan to power an electric car for a 24 hour race? Long extension cord? Changing batteries a few laps?

TreeHuggerMay 26, 2009 at 4:27 pm

The article is clearly fictitious. First of all 2 X 100kW only equals about 268 hp. Secondly, how exactly do they plan to power an electric car for a 24 hour race? Long extension cord? Changing batteries every few laps?